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From the Archives of Western Newspapers
Posted on April 10, 2025By Samantha Johnson For Southern Alberta Newspapers April 9, 1884 – The Calgary Weekly Herald The first four-wheeled vehicle in this town is under construction.… Read More »
Plan to label Trump critics as mentally ill echoes authoritarian regimes
Posted on April 10, 2025In March 2025, New York psychiatrist Dr. Leon Hoffman wrote a letter to The Guardian reporting that the Minnesota legislature had requested the psychiatric community recognize a… Read More »
Grant money committed to easing congestion at TCH turn into meatpacking plant
Posted on April 10, 2025By Collin Gallant Southern Alberta Newspapers The County of Newell will improve Gun Club Road with $1.8 million in grant funding from the province to… Read More »
Nenshi blasts Smith over health care, Shapiro and more
Posted on April 10, 2025By Alexandra Noad Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Southern Albertans are deeply concerned about proposed coal mining in the Grassy Mountain area, Alberta… Read More »
Several land conservation projects in southern Alberta receive provincial funds
Posted on April 10, 2025By Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As a result of a request for proposal issued in 2024, $5 million in grant… Read More »
Alberta beef producers preparing for April ‘tariff storm’
Posted on March 27, 2025By Brendan Miller Southern Alberta Newspapers Representatives with the Alberta Beef Producers and Alberta Cattle Feeders Association say a 25 per cent tariff imposed on… Read More »
Bow Island Emergency Department – Important changes
Posted on March 27, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced a temporary closure (that took place from March 14 to March 21) of the… Read More »
Tariff impacts darken fiscal prospects in provincial budget
Posted on March 27, 2025By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com Alberta has uncapped the red pen for Budget 2025, delivering on a $1.2 billion tax cut but also steering the… Read More »
Alberta small business confidence plummets to lowest recorded level amid trade war with United States
Posted on March 27, 2025Southern Alberta Newspapers Alberta’s small business confidence in the long term plunged by over 33 points to 24.1, its lowest level since the Canadian Federation… Read More »
Bow Island Council discusses housing development and recycling depot contract
Posted on March 27, 2025By Nerissa McNaughton Southern Alberta Newspapers Bow Island Town council met early in March to discuss a range of topics, including a new housing development… Read More »